Case for transferring type



(No Model.)

B BBAKER.' CASE POR TRANSFERRING TYPE.

No. 423,715. lPmmfva Mar. 18.1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDwARD EUGENE BAKER, oE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,715, dated March 18, 1890. Application led December 7, i889. Serial No. 332,902. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD EUGENE BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cases for Transferring Type, which improvement is fully set forth in the lfollowing specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a transfer-case adapted to be removably attached to an ordinary type-distributing case for the purpose of removing type from said distributing-case or confusion.

Figure l represents a top plan view of a transferring-case embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a partial side elevation and partial longitudinal section thereof on line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section on line x, Fig. l. Fig. 4 represents a similar view showing the slide of the case drawn out. Fig. 5 represents a transverse section showing the connected cases in inverted position, and also showing in dotted lines the manner of turning the cases to cause the type to pass, from one to the other. Fig. 6 represents' a section of a portion on line zz, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 represents a horizontal section on line cc Fig. 3.

Similar letters'of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

Referringto the drawings, A designates a distributing-case of usual construction.

B designates a transfer-case, which is adapted to be removably attached to the case A by catches C, the same being divided into compartments D, which coincide with the compartments in case A, and having on their bottoms the openings E. The top portion of said case B has a covering F of wiregauze or other suitable reticulated material, so that the dust or dirt in the compartments D may sift therethrough, and thus be removed.'

In the bottom of the case B is a slide or sliding plate G, having in a portion of the same openings or slots H, which align with the openings E in the bottom of compartments -D, the said slide having at its end a bend J, for limiting the inward motion of the said slide, and a handle K, for convenience in operating the slide while uncovering or covering the openings E. The said slide G is also formed with slots L, through which extend pins or studs M, whereby the outward movement of said slide is limited.

vThe outer wall of the casing A is fitted to the outer frame of the case B by a rabbeted joint, as at N, so that the cases are prevented from having lateral displacement. (See Figs. 3 and 4.) The walls of the compartments D of the case `B are lengthened, so as to rest against the contiguous parts of the bottom of the case B, and thereby cause an accurate coincidence of the compartments of both cases, and the said projecting walls of the compartments D to provide a groove on the edge of the frame of said case B to it into the frame of the case A, and by this means the said cases are interlocked against horizontal movement, one upon the other.

When it is desired to transfer the t-ype from case A to case B, case B is placed upon the case A and connected therewith bycatches orv fastenings C, as shown in Fig. 2. The slide-plate G is drawn out, as shown in Figs. land 5, and the two cases are overturned, as

shown by dotted linesFig. 5, to direct the type toward the openings E in the compartments D of case B, and when the overturning is complete, as in Fig. 5, the type will drop from the case A into the compartments D of the case B and rest on the gauze covering F. The caseA Inay now be removed from the case B, it being noticed that the type remain in case B, from which they may afterward be returned into the case A or another case, as desired, by proper application and attachment of .such case to case B by the manipulation of the slide and overturningof the connected cases.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A type-transfer case having compartments with openings therein, and a slide adapted to close .said openings, formed with slots to align with the said openings, substantially as described.

2. A type-transfer case having compart- Inents with openings therein, adistributing- IOC case having compartments similar to-the ltransfer-case, said distributing-case being adapted to be removably secured to^ said transfer-case,

to align with the openings in said cases and adapted to open and close the same, substantially as described.

3. The combination of atype-transfer case having compartments With openings therein, a gauze covering therefor, a distributingcase having compartments aligning with the compartments in the transfer case and adapted to be removably attached to said `transfer-case by catches, as set forth, and a l and a slide formed with slots slide having an upturned edge and provided with slots to align with the openings and compartments in the said distributing and transfer cases to open and close communi- I5 cation between the same, substantially as den scribed.

EDWARD EUGENE BAKER. 

